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WASHINGTON — New policy from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is shedding light on how a Supreme Court decision last year ensuring rights for same-sex married couples applies to financial services regulations.

Doral Financial (DRL) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has agreed to sell roughly $825 million of assets to Abbey Finance Holdings PR.

Independence Bancshares (IEBS) in Greenville, S.C., will need to raise more capital to fund its development of new payments platforms.

First Bancshares (FBMS) in Hattiesburg, Miss., has redeemed preferred stock BCB Holding in Mobile, Ala., issued to the Treasury Department under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Northwest Bank in Boise, Idaho, has agreed to buy Regal Financial Bank in Seattle.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Credit union membership growth slowed in May while lending continued to strengthen, according to NAFCU's July Economic & CU Monitor.

The Bancorp (TBBK) in Wilmington, Del., is looking to sell up to $50 million in common stock.

Two men who said they ran a payday loan brokerage in Tampa, Fla., have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from consumers' bank accounts.

Hanmi Financial (HAFC) in Los Angeles has sold two insurance businesses Chunha Holding in Garden Grove, Calif.

Jane Thompson, former president of Wal-Mart Stores' financial services unit, has joined the board of the Center for Financial Services Innovation, a research group in Chicago that focuses on low-income consumers.

The San Francisco bank posted strong growth in commercial loans in the second quarter, which may bode well for other banks that concentrate on business lending, but it wasn't enough to prevent questions about how Wells will be able to maintain its performance in the face of stepped-up competition from other lenders.

Signature Bank (SBNY) in New York has created a pair of nationwide lending offices, focusing on restaurant franchises and the commercial marine industry.

Dozens of insurers have sold off their banks in recent years, with just a handful choosing to remain in the business. Mutual of Omaha Bank is committed to building a traditional community banking culture with its parent company's backing.

C1 Financial in St. Petersburg, Fla., is going public.

QNB Corp. (QNBC) in Quakertown, Pa., is looking to replace its chief financial officer.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) has partnered with Liberty Bank in Detroit to offer financing to homebuyers interested in restoration of the city's run-down properties.

The National Credit Union Administration has liquidated IBEW Local 816 Federal Credit Union in Paducah, Ky.

Alerus Financial (ALRS) in Grand Forks, N.D., has acquired Private Bancorp. in Minneapolis for $15.9 million in cash and other considerations.

PEKIN, Ill. — Charles Juska, the former head of Tazewell County School Employees Credit Union, is accused of misapplying more than a half-million dollars of the CU's assets.

Wells Fargo & Co., the world's most valuable bank, said profit increased 3.8 percent on lower costs even as the lender snapped a 17-quarter streak of rising per- share earnings.